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Twas in another lifetime, |
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One of toil and blood |
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When blackness was a virtue the road |
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Was full of mud |
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I came in from the wilderness, |
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A creature void of form |
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Come in, she said |
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I'll give ya shelter from the storm |
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And if I pass this way again, |
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You can rest assured |
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I'll always do my best for her, |
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On that I give my word |
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In a world of steel-eyed death, |
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And men who are fighting to be warm |
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Come in, she said |
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I'll give ya shelter from the storm |
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Not a word was spoke between us, |
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There was little risk involved |
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Everything up to that point |
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Had been left unresolved |
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Try imagining a place |
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Where it's always safe and warm |
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Come in, she said |
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I'll give ya shelter from the storm |
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I was burned out from exhaustion, |
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Buried in the hail |
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Poisoned in the bushes an' blown out |
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On the trail |
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Hunted like a crocodile, |
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Ravaged in the corn |
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Come in, she said |
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I'll give ya shelter from the storm |
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Suddenly I turned around and |
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She was standin' there |
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With silver bracelets on her wrists |
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And flowers in her hair |
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She walked up to me so gracefully |
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And took my crown of thorns |
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Come in, she said |
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I'll give ya shelter from the storm |
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Now there's a wall between us, |
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Somethin' there's been lost |
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I took too much for granted, |
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I got my signals crossed |
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Just to think that it all began |
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On an uneventful morn |
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Come in, she said |
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I'll give ya shelter from the storm |
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Well, the deputy walks on hard nails |
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And the preacher rides a mount |
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But nothing really matters much, |
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It's doom alone that counts |
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And the one-eyed undertaker, |
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He blows a futile horn |
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Come in, she said |
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I'll give ya shelter from the storm |
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I've heard newborn babies wailin' |
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Like a mournin' dove |
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And old men with broken teeth stranded |
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Without love |
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Do I understand your question, man, |
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Is it hopeless and forlorn |
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Come in, she said |
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I'll give ya shelter from the storm |
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In a little hilltop village, |
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They gambled for my clothes |
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I bargained for salvation |
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And she gave me a lethal dose |
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I offered up my innocence |
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I got repaid with scorn |
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Come in, she said |
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I'll give ya shelter from the storm |
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Well, I'm livin' in a foreign country |
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But I'm bound to cross the line |
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Beauty walks a razor's edge, |
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Someday I'll make it mine |
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If I could only turn back the clock to |
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When God and her were born |
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Come in, she said |
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I'll give ya shelter from the storm |